tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14836690519064472972024-03-05T10:41:24.451-06:00J H BogranI never tell lies, I only write them.
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Jamás digo mentiras, solo las escribo.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger205125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483669051906447297.post-65934790213546007562023-05-31T16:42:00.007-06:002023-05-31T16:42:54.699-06:00Contest winner: Primer lugar<p>El siguiente microrelato fue elegido ganador del primer lugar en un concurso organizado por la universidad Ceutec/Unitec sede La Ceiba. </p><p style="text-align: center;">ALIENTO DE DRAGÓN<br />Por José H. Bográn<br /></p><p><br />Era el momento decisivo para Juan Pablo. Había practicado escupir fuego cual dragón para sorprender a los conductores mientras esperaban el cambio a verde del semáforo en su esquina favorita.<br />En su inocencia de adolescente, prefería pedir dinero en la calle antes que robar o entrar a una mara.<br />Posicionó el palo a la altura de su frente, la punta con la llama encendida ligeramente arriba. Aspiró por la nariz y expelió el gas. Al principio pareció que todo iba bien, el gas encendió al contacto con el fuego formándose una aparatosa llamarada. <br />Ahora Juan Pablo se mueve entre los vehículos sin siquiera limpiar vidrios, la cara parcialmente cubierta con una venda deja entrever los restos de carne quemada. Los gestos de los conductores son una mezcla entre asombro, repulsión y lástima…pero se mantiene ecuánime, estoicamente sin caer en la tentación del mal.</p><p style="text-align: center;">FIN<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQo3O75fpTvvnqmyP2rbBchHCYzeV5gVVv9arbcH5yMbyHQvlpEpitJLr-Esf4yj9Vff2vaLd29PaALVgUZk5Cgxg8UEgxIMrCWxjJnORicmlzteMqfZHn9cFAhHggDm3_7q5xhHaUN_lzrmKNsa8n_cY2vB3shVjYrzqT2eZ0I2lFB-TMj9U6pvIDyQ/s1600/Imagen%20de%20WhatsApp%202023-05-22%20a%20las%2020.37.47.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQo3O75fpTvvnqmyP2rbBchHCYzeV5gVVv9arbcH5yMbyHQvlpEpitJLr-Esf4yj9Vff2vaLd29PaALVgUZk5Cgxg8UEgxIMrCWxjJnORicmlzteMqfZHn9cFAhHggDm3_7q5xhHaUN_lzrmKNsa8n_cY2vB3shVjYrzqT2eZ0I2lFB-TMj9U6pvIDyQ/s320/Imagen%20de%20WhatsApp%202023-05-22%20a%20las%2020.37.47.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9dAShCP9Au57qSqO6Q7eTtVoalea1Uu0yXmX6rcxP6iCmJLlsAO0vmX0Taj6NAHNGnVA_MJrj3DZNliTfBzAEfeBPOrtBOy-ozv20aqzfG6KogqTdMjdYPncKBMJkOJz5ctr9ujAhByWEiIl3WiKjwPpCXChdEkVJ9fOvceAhCKYdmCTm5BDDXQl6hQ/s1600/Imagen%20de%20WhatsApp%202023-05-31%20a%20las%2016.40.59.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1194" data-original-width="1600" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9dAShCP9Au57qSqO6Q7eTtVoalea1Uu0yXmX6rcxP6iCmJLlsAO0vmX0Taj6NAHNGnVA_MJrj3DZNliTfBzAEfeBPOrtBOy-ozv20aqzfG6KogqTdMjdYPncKBMJkOJz5ctr9ujAhByWEiIl3WiKjwPpCXChdEkVJ9fOvceAhCKYdmCTm5BDDXQl6hQ/s320/Imagen%20de%20WhatsApp%202023-05-31%20a%20las%2016.40.59.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483669051906447297.post-80924321693188620682021-09-15T13:06:00.000-06:002021-09-15T13:06:07.493-06:00RELEASE DAY: DarkSoul, a Dark Days Novel<div class="" dir="auto"><div class="ecm0bbzt hv4rvrfc ihqw7lf3 dati1w0a" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id="jsc_c_9q"><div class="j83agx80 cbu4d94t ew0dbk1b irj2b8pg"><div class="qzhwtbm6 knvmm38d"><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql lr9zc1uh a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v b1v8xokw oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Honduras, along the rest of Central America, celebrates today the bicentennial of independence. It is no coincidence that my new novel, coauthored with <span><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/stevenrsavile?__cft__[0]=AZWpuqz1wJ6QG0r7Q2XF7Nw-6glvX1K76BE08VpZ75DMYaouUxR2jKyXt8lYaf4diQQcq5OJAA7SEpqH-__xWLaTJyqOxQ2qXdRl6aUP7oggsc7tb6jbOy0Ujux8kfxrOXk&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" tabindex="0"><span class="nc684nl6"><span>Steven Savile</span></span></a></span>, is released today. Not only am I Honduran, but a large part of the novel is set there. </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAnIpHdu8AD4sNhJKnZKLHERG71CGd2nqKGdzRQjaIfELFb5Ufe0M_XQ-XnG_kDGyhwMxv-zxYdEofdKzTgJN9cUICf_j-sEyqB9iS17MLeRXRP49wiD_7MIAn6rH-MlpexiW3gZZCsuw5/s2048/DARKSOUL+cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1365" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAnIpHdu8AD4sNhJKnZKLHERG71CGd2nqKGdzRQjaIfELFb5Ufe0M_XQ-XnG_kDGyhwMxv-zxYdEofdKzTgJN9cUICf_j-sEyqB9iS17MLeRXRP49wiD_7MIAn6rH-MlpexiW3gZZCsuw5/s320/DARKSOUL+cover.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">In DARKSOUL: Sophie Keane’s loyalty to the crime organization The Hidden is tested when they give her an impossible mission: supply children to be used as test subject for a new bio weapon.</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"> </div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">It's available as an ebook, and part of the Kindle Unlimited at: <br /></div></div><div class="o9v6fnle cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span><a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl py34i1dx gpro0wi8" href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09B6754MZ/?fbclid=IwAR1O4u0cYP-I-CgpmgG9pL2R0HkL_HxsYQg9qBARJ5O_RCoc7KlSxakq9GI" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09B6754MZ/</a></span></div></div></span></div></div></div></div><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483669051906447297.post-2368130684404276542021-09-02T20:14:00.001-06:002021-09-13T20:19:14.315-06:00The September edition of The Big Thrill<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN8-GpIGnK2m8ZrkQMsuyla_qy2ucs8sdaqrXbPQoKwj14VUIkSU0IwBRFKxI2j4LxwdNVtidny8SyZGk5UZgVeW9QI_GpUAVbRs08FF_2rcRWX71X1U9w8eI1flyVSQF99_VbB67_o1y5/s388/sept_final_med.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="300" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN8-GpIGnK2m8ZrkQMsuyla_qy2ucs8sdaqrXbPQoKwj14VUIkSU0IwBRFKxI2j4LxwdNVtidny8SyZGk5UZgVeW9QI_GpUAVbRs08FF_2rcRWX71X1U9w8eI1flyVSQF99_VbB67_o1y5/s320/sept_final_med.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>For the September issue I got the interview two authors whom I met, even shared drinks with, during the last in person ThrillerFest back in 2019. </p><p>After I started working on the assignment, I was pleasantly surprised to discover it would be a cover story. <br /></p><p>Excited to read a book before its release, thrilled to read the start of a new series, and wowed by the the actual story.</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0o_nk-UAUm9Un5AIpJwfD1u9_jZZqh9T9_INZznd6Q8u0cT5gSM4ciKCQUGgswMWuQik3Bw-9iMJI9WqBrTyEgzlskCXu7ICjyn219HZOqGy4Nsmg70RLSzzYQdq5I0T8pV6-xQHI_fil/s350/Dark-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="233" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0o_nk-UAUm9Un5AIpJwfD1u9_jZZqh9T9_INZznd6Q8u0cT5gSM4ciKCQUGgswMWuQik3Bw-9iMJI9WqBrTyEgzlskCXu7ICjyn219HZOqGy4Nsmg70RLSzzYQdq5I0T8pV6-xQHI_fil/s320/Dark-1.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Here's the interview with Brian Andrews and Jeff Wilson:</p><p><a href="https://www.thebigthrill.org/2021/08/between-the-lines-andrews-wilson/">https://www.thebigthrill.org/2021/08/between-the-lines-andrews-wilson/</a> <br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483669051906447297.post-89369684764228819142021-07-26T18:13:00.001-06:002021-07-26T18:13:19.119-06:00New Book Release<div>Available for pre-order </div><div>DARKSOUL, book #2 in the Dark Days Series </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_cbf3_b810_946a_8ca0" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/HkGCvbMKQJMq9xzkfo0NXBlYa5r4rWNiN0KoZXCBFYeLaVGW1NvUNRymQU9PyXO3hF0" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 392px; height: auto;"><br><br><br></div><div>Sophie Keane survives because she is useful to some very powerful people who live in the shadows, manipulating the wealth of the world.</div><div><br></div><div>She is their fixer. A problem solver. An assassin.</div><div><br></div><div>She is capable of any task they demand from her, no matter how distasteful, even if it comes at the cost of her own soul.</div><div><br></div><div>But even for a woman like her there is a line that cannot be crossed.</div><div><br></div><div>Her Hidden paymasters have negotiated billion dollar contracts for the Patient Zero Serum -codename ZERUM- a new generation of antidotes for pathogens behind projected worst-case pandemics on the W.H.O.'s Deadly Contagion Watch List. These are the diseases capable of wiping out vast populations within weeks and bringing nations to their knees. With Russia pitted in a bidding war against China where the winner gets the cure and the loser faces infection to prove the efficacy of the cure death on a biblical scale is inevitable. </div><div><br></div><div>Sophie can rationalize all of that death. This is who she is and has been for a very long time. </div><div><br></div><div>But then they demand new test subjects - innocent children - and that changes everything.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09B6754MZ/" id="id_7a9b_935a_ff80_e7a0" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09B6754MZ/</a></div> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483669051906447297.post-55025159743396872442021-07-17T20:22:00.004-06:002021-07-17T20:22:38.680-06:00My review of RAZORBLADE TEARS<p>Fresh off the success of last year’s Blacktop Wasteland, S.A. Cosby delivers another powerful thriller with Razorblade Tears. Ike Randolph is a Black man with a past, but he left prison over a decade ago, reformed his life, and started a successful business. Still, he hasn’t come to grips with his son Isiah’s homosexuality.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can read the full review of RAZORBLADE TEARS BY S.A. Cosby at the <a href="http://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/bookreview/razorblade-tears-a-novel?fbclid=IwAR0Cfuxw50FgSp_G99eJOOFE4HVPJ0sa_YSnPXXWIOkw4SxEjklCf81NFpQ" target="_blank">Washington Independent Review of Books.</a> </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95jp_kjnCcIz91kvBPBlumlm4PNy9kv3rPPWKDuRSrxHv6124DU-Lg6L3DkGCaW3zk3sIrj2k92FID5vwKqIaIvDR8nzxEH1YqSFutRSxPxMXklLdG62rCEHnKPs46fIDua0Uz1oKeTUe/s645/razorblade_425_645.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="425" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh95jp_kjnCcIz91kvBPBlumlm4PNy9kv3rPPWKDuRSrxHv6124DU-Lg6L3DkGCaW3zk3sIrj2k92FID5vwKqIaIvDR8nzxEH1YqSFutRSxPxMXklLdG62rCEHnKPs46fIDua0Uz1oKeTUe/s320/razorblade_425_645.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483669051906447297.post-32839071317021235182021-07-02T20:13:00.002-06:002021-07-17T20:18:31.702-06:00July edition of The Big Thrill<p>I interviewed Jeff Abbott about his new book, AN AMBUSH OF WIDOWS for the July edition of The Big Thrill</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Ym5mIs9cRs2F0Rq5tJoHD5bEmScZZNvDlni7DDaPb_y_co4tiubSPzMYV8wq0OVJuHFHGlDXNA_xLplaWHjNhyphenhyphenqTMYq__-O3WNBNRMWeKC8d8fsYoAigvJXBoXIZoqY3rbDWkoYi7GM6/s350/ambush.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="232" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Ym5mIs9cRs2F0Rq5tJoHD5bEmScZZNvDlni7DDaPb_y_co4tiubSPzMYV8wq0OVJuHFHGlDXNA_xLplaWHjNhyphenhyphenqTMYq__-O3WNBNRMWeKC8d8fsYoAigvJXBoXIZoqY3rbDWkoYi7GM6/s320/ambush.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Jeff Abbott’s new novel, the devilishly titled AN AMBUSH OF WIDOWS, is about two women with nothing in common except a tragedy.</p><p>An “ambush” is the collective noun for a group of widows, and Abbott finds it interesting it’s the same noun for tigers and widows.</p><p>“Make of that what you will,” he says. “I like to think both could be dangerous if provoked. I didn’t know about the noun until I was wondering what you called a group of widows and as soon as I saw ‘ambush’ I wanted it to be the title. Of course some people think it’s about an ambush committed against widows, when these widows are more likely to do the actual ambushing.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Full article at the this link: <a href="https://www.thebigthrill.org/?p=70177">https://www.thebigthrill.org/?p=70177</a></p><p><br /></p><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483669051906447297.post-13373043838669946362021-06-10T12:13:00.001-06:002021-06-10T12:13:10.335-06:00Summer Conferences<p>I will be participating in the following conferences during 2021:</p><p><br /></p><p>MORE THAN MALICE<br /></p><p>July 14-17</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifv07bJzNyep50sXnmLYaoWWoVnwvrPC14OsEqy8Ur847-8PmLuZndZwvIzP2esEix6tl8g6AvOvXcY2Dg7QOX_c7NQeGpdmJWsznjpyxAWxmQ_eE_vwOaCTiDT64ODyjmPr3c3oZuXCAz/s1200/image1%25281%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifv07bJzNyep50sXnmLYaoWWoVnwvrPC14OsEqy8Ur847-8PmLuZndZwvIzP2esEix6tl8g6AvOvXcY2Dg7QOX_c7NQeGpdmJWsznjpyxAWxmQ_eE_vwOaCTiDT64ODyjmPr3c3oZuXCAz/s1200/image1%25281%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifv07bJzNyep50sXnmLYaoWWoVnwvrPC14OsEqy8Ur847-8PmLuZndZwvIzP2esEix6tl8g6AvOvXcY2Dg7QOX_c7NQeGpdmJWsznjpyxAWxmQ_eE_vwOaCTiDT64ODyjmPr3c3oZuXCAz/s320/image1%25281%2529.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> <br /></p><p>Register in the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.malicedomestic.org/registration.html">https://www.malicedomestic.org/registration.html</a></p><p> </p><p> THRILLERFEST XVI<br /></p><p>June 28 - July 10<br /></p><p> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghena3fowqd9M_4V2AzOqxbfuIRN2bhwnpcmASYLisUQoN5J1I2n7GEnPKWd4lgibEvmVQEcVdx4b-CRyQGvq2l5znPbBnz7r6tXekzI2kZtR5R9ONeriHoIUEt5DwjqNQZRBtagTG3O42/s867/bouchercon+2021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="304" data-original-width="867" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghena3fowqd9M_4V2AzOqxbfuIRN2bhwnpcmASYLisUQoN5J1I2n7GEnPKWd4lgibEvmVQEcVdx4b-CRyQGvq2l5znPbBnz7r6tXekzI2kZtR5R9ONeriHoIUEt5DwjqNQZRBtagTG3O42/s320/bouchercon+2021.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Register in the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.bouchercon2021.com/registration-information">https://www.bouchercon2021.com/registration-information</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483669051906447297.post-33287612696451461532021-06-09T16:17:00.001-06:002021-06-09T16:17:28.778-06:00The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley, a review My review of Natasha Pulley’s THE KINGDOMS (@BloomsburyPub) "a complicated tale with plenty of twists and turns that will keep readers enthralled all the way to the last pages"<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/index.php/bookreview/the-kingdoms-a-novel">http://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/index.php/bookreview/the-kingdoms-a-<font size="4">novel</font></a></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><img id="id_9777_251b_53f5_be76" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/dcjy47N6hKQsmXAa7AQsodJlZTFDPvDZ3DCAMezEvv3cXu7Tq3lKYoOD2wJSH-f9WzQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 392px; height: auto;"><br><br><br></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483669051906447297.post-30797974087079335452021-06-02T09:42:00.003-06:002021-06-21T09:48:46.985-06:00June edition of The Big Thrill<p> For the June edition of The Big Thrill, I had the opportunity to interview two authors.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCnL_Qt641xkN1N-aBT0QahAlTfHmcR8-iJvdSMNko8QGN6wcah4PqcedQCPI8Y4rAEXayDhr7otJa9fCOhWcbC1KBgqzO72-4INBbs8PQRZwkQdCZ68TJjhtVf0xUt3Y3-jKbYUMUIO0u/s1651/JUNE_ROUGH.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1651" data-original-width="1276" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCnL_Qt641xkN1N-aBT0QahAlTfHmcR8-iJvdSMNko8QGN6wcah4PqcedQCPI8Y4rAEXayDhr7otJa9fCOhWcbC1KBgqzO72-4INBbs8PQRZwkQdCZ68TJjhtVf0xUt3Y3-jKbYUMUIO0u/s320/JUNE_ROUGH.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TOM CLANCY'S TARGET ACQUIRED by Don Bentley: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bit.ly/2SNtE0k&source=gmail&ust=1624376636075000&usg=AFQjCNHVSJvE-bNUswDIwGJX0WA2Kj9bhA" href="https://bit.ly/2SNtE0k" target="_blank"><span style="color: #dca10d;">https://<span class="il">bit</span>.ly/2SNtE0k</span></a><span> <br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p>HAIRPIN BRIDGE by Taylor Adams: <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bit.ly/3fHOIyJ&source=gmail&ust=1624376636075000&usg=AFQjCNGPWDMmv_BcHP4qRmlfhSONO7BUvQ" href="https://bit.ly/3fHOIyJ" target="_blank"><span style="color: #dca10d;">https://<span class="il">bit</span>.ly/3fHOIyJ</span></a><span style="color: #dca10d;"> <br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483669051906447297.post-32550235916874188592021-05-28T08:07:00.001-06:002021-05-28T08:07:09.788-06:00TedTalk is online <span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Back in December of 2018 I gave a TED talk in San Pedro Sula Honduras about how writing started as a hobby and ended up becoming an alternate career. </span><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The title is the same motto that graces my email signature: "I never tell lies, I only write them."</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The video is now available at TED’'s YouTube official channel and you can see it here:</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><br style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><div style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><a href="https://youtu.be/IDtwVBOnfmE" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 122, 183); text-decoration: none;">https://youtu.be/IDtwVBOnfmE</a></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"> </div><br style="box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Disclaimer: It's in Spanish and don't know when the subtitles will be available, but hey, it’s a good chance to practice your language skills. ;-) </span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483669051906447297.post-29483031310664502342021-05-02T11:28:00.001-06:002021-05-02T11:28:18.453-06:00The May edition of The Big Thrill <div><br></div><div><p data-originalfontsize="12px" data-originalcomputedfontsize="12" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); word-spacing: 1px; margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 0.75rem; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">For this month I had the opportunity to interview two authors I have read before, one with a new installment of his ongoing series while the other starting a new one with a bang. </p><p data-originalfontsize="12px" data-originalcomputedfontsize="12" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); word-spacing: 1px; margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 0.75rem; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><span style="font-size: 0.75rem;"> </span></p><p data-originalfontsize="12px" data-originalcomputedfontsize="12" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); word-spacing: 1px; margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 0.75rem; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">Beyond the Headlines by R.G. Belsky : <a href="https://bit.ly/3gSJG3m" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bit.ly/3gSJG3m&source=gmail&ust=1619914861905000&usg=AFQjCNG2w_nxzikwpSKrErJRPphIWwXxzA" style="color: rgb(66, 133, 244);"><span data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="12" style="color: rgb(220, 161, 13); font-size: 0.75rem;">https://bit.ly/3gSJG3m</span></a></p><p data-originalfontsize="12px" data-originalcomputedfontsize="12" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); word-spacing: 1px; margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 0.75rem; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><br></p><p data-originalfontsize="12px" data-originalcomputedfontsize="12" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); word-spacing: 1px; margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 0.75rem; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";">Arctic Storm Rising by Dale Brown : <a href="https://bit.ly/3eJlSfw" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://bit.ly/3eJlSfw&source=gmail&ust=1619914861905000&usg=AFQjCNEyiZtiX9cfWKfMM03cbGe6rnjuUg" style="color: rgb(66, 133, 244);"><span data-removefontsize="true" data-originalcomputedfontsize="12" style="color: rgb(220, 161, 13); font-size: 0.75rem;">https://bit.ly/3eJlSfw</span></a> </p><p data-originalfontsize="12px" data-originalcomputedfontsize="12" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); word-spacing: 1px; margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 0.75rem; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><br></p><p data-originalfontsize="12px" data-originalcomputedfontsize="12" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); word-spacing: 1px; margin: 0px; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 0.75rem; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><img id="id_64db_1acd_e014_cf43" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/3gDduop_sSuIAeh4cIHxnHrbL4R-3PiaItaJR_s_qV84npJAgmEA7Wd_IWvTNJrMbr4" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 392px; height: auto;"><br><br><br></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483669051906447297.post-60451608930951715642021-04-15T13:59:00.004-06:002021-04-15T13:59:34.055-06:00Adventure Writers’ Summit 2021<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Adventure Writers’ Summit 2021</b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizNLd7-LTfVUbYP_zpz4jnWUi-jgowUsur0D3Qhe7uts2Lq_VNXOSCTB5QXIFI4OgE5XQJiFdaVGbN7GksPgGJH-ULgBifYmZb1DWR33QzK3z-4sYEDMNKYl38V44gmDWuq-uA53ziZm84/s1014/AWS.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="1014" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizNLd7-LTfVUbYP_zpz4jnWUi-jgowUsur0D3Qhe7uts2Lq_VNXOSCTB5QXIFI4OgE5XQJiFdaVGbN7GksPgGJH-ULgBifYmZb1DWR33QzK3z-4sYEDMNKYl38V44gmDWuq-uA53ziZm84/s320/AWS.JPG" width="320" /></a></div> </div><div style="text-align: center;">April 23 - 24</div><div> <br /></div><div>Friday night welcome and introduction and virtual happy hour, followed by Saturday’s main event! </div><div> <br /></div><div>Designed for adventure writers in all genres, we’re going to dive deep into craft, marketing, branding, and author success in the future of digital publishing. </div><div>Author experts will include folks you’ve probably heard of... Kevin Tumlinson, Joanna Penn, JH Bográn, and lots more... </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhagA5mff7IpUs2SOmxLw7MhhxE6kgjNV2jM9BjHHyN-knktioRVoBL98pr2gd6iNjY-bwl6ZDrj1MG8uJOm0Oz8D96LELIGxSGoGD69mTf9dbPCrVyWl5MbXExnaIHcOp6TSqbOP7qkbyn/s1052/Speakers.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="658" data-original-width="1052" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhagA5mff7IpUs2SOmxLw7MhhxE6kgjNV2jM9BjHHyN-knktioRVoBL98pr2gd6iNjY-bwl6ZDrj1MG8uJOm0Oz8D96LELIGxSGoGD69mTf9dbPCrVyWl5MbXExnaIHcOp6TSqbOP7qkbyn/s320/Speakers.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div></div><div>Oh. And did I mention it’s FREE?</div><div> </div><div>(VIP tickets are available for a small fee, which will help with future summit costs and ongoing improvements)</div><div><br /></div><div>Here’s what to do:</div><div>1. Register: <a href="http://runtheworld.today/app/c/adventure">http://runtheworld.today/app/c/adventure</a></div><div>2. Share! You know more authors than we do - and they need to know about this thing! </div><div>Write your adventure. See you next week!</div> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483669051906447297.post-41707540835493325322021-04-14T08:14:00.004-06:002021-04-14T08:14:29.148-06:00April news<p> For the April edition of The Big Thrill, I was honored to interview Stu Jones and Gareth Worthington, co-authors of CONDITION BLACK, a harrowing tale that I had the privilege to read an advance reader copy of. </p><p>Read the full article <a href="https://www.thebigthrill.org/?p=67740">HERE.</a><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNVrNNjiZF9kVG2ATrkgZlmjfgJA9m0tecZf2VBua49DpwZXZQ7UE3b3KekGpYlk_Crq7H5JqIb8csJXRCkRhrTkFt0BsjWeX0iAIlLHRkWa791_5cd4VxthU7_UJQdZNaDjoU6JWnZjVN/s350/cond.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="228" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNVrNNjiZF9kVG2ATrkgZlmjfgJA9m0tecZf2VBua49DpwZXZQ7UE3b3KekGpYlk_Crq7H5JqIb8csJXRCkRhrTkFt0BsjWeX0iAIlLHRkWa791_5cd4VxthU7_UJQdZNaDjoU6JWnZjVN/s320/cond.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This month I'm also participating as a reviewer in the Con-Tinual, the Con That Never Ends.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5G8qW7xxWot0ksN7RUtz6Oc16Nsj2qxaNIBbKay3kS4mCHqou2ha05fSBLs0ok8g0MmgikZ05g2r9TorwV-v7RAVPvutxyZyLzlfT2lcI52Wa7SS6KjI1q7yPLl8ALOT4wj6vBxhAWFBH/s2000/continual+april.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1294" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5G8qW7xxWot0ksN7RUtz6Oc16Nsj2qxaNIBbKay3kS4mCHqou2ha05fSBLs0ok8g0MmgikZ05g2r9TorwV-v7RAVPvutxyZyLzlfT2lcI52Wa7SS6KjI1q7yPLl8ALOT4wj6vBxhAWFBH/s320/continual+april.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You can access the video after April/14 on their Facebook Page:</p><p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/ConTinual">https://www.facebook.com/groups/ConTinual</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Oh, and speaking of reviewing books, The Washington Independent Review of Books updated their list of reviewers and added me there. </p><p><a href="http://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/reviewer/jose-h-bogran">www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/reviewer/jose-h-bogran</a></p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfHL2aNey-OZooAaaYX1oyy3i6JzsRQCWdHM7RDxa809-ljac1jUEsewen4eH6Hrn5P77D0uLm1d47hzf8jS5e3K4S1einRdyMUlopuBsUh1BqCRUsdI4ihiI8EEP2qUgIaTml9XQSBqY-/s916/profile.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="916" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfHL2aNey-OZooAaaYX1oyy3i6JzsRQCWdHM7RDxa809-ljac1jUEsewen4eH6Hrn5P77D0uLm1d47hzf8jS5e3K4S1einRdyMUlopuBsUh1BqCRUsdI4ihiI8EEP2qUgIaTml9XQSBqY-/s320/profile.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483669051906447297.post-12144793077682442552021-03-02T09:17:00.001-06:002021-03-02T09:17:00.122-06:00The Big Thrill: Red Widow by Alma Katsu<div>Alma Katsu navigates a new genre with her latest release, RED WIDOW. 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At the last turn, his backpack flew off without him noticing. </span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">2 ladies picked it up & followed him on foot to the warehouse. </span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1">When he saw it, his face expression ranged from shock to gratitude.</span></p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483669051906447297.post-43985421072362672512020-12-24T19:23:00.001-06:002020-12-24T19:23:56.510-06:00Wishing everybody a....Happy holiday and a prosperous and healthy 2021. <div><br></div><div><br></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483669051906447297.post-35149812295511333772020-12-07T16:42:00.001-06:002020-12-07T16:42:09.804-06:00Promo $0.99<div>Thrillers Christmas Day Post 7-- JH Bográn</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><img id="id_8fd_af62_ee77_41a4" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/M4euFrxQI9QtYh6mlky28s4BUqpqa5vK7Py6qV4xkLgJ-_1KW3YEtqB26lVybuQ" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 392px; height: auto;"><br><br><br></div><div>The problem with being reborn from the ashes is, you have to die first. </div><div><br></div><div>After the loss of his wife and child in a plane crash, former NYC firefighter Sebastian Martin is nearing alcoholic oblivion when his brother offers him a last-chance job opportunity as an insurance fraud investigator. Despite his reservations, he soon discovers he has an instinct for the job. </div><div><br></div><div>A move to Dallas, where he learns it's okay to be alive, proves to be his salvation. Investigating fraudulent claims for a dead child and another for a missing husband, in Honduras, leads him to murders, international car thieves, and torture at the hands of a former KGB agent. </div><div><br></div><div>"FIREFALL is smart and engrossing. It's an intelligent, multilayered riff on international crime and punishment that has atmosphere to burn. It's a damned fine book." -- Jake Needham, author of THE UMBRELLA MAN and five other international crime novels</div><div><br></div><div>https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07V5KRJBJ/</div> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483669051906447297.post-46017479423696230052020-11-15T20:48:00.001-06:002020-11-15T20:48:42.729-06:00Reading challenge 2020 updated <div><br></div><div><div>Spent an hour in the morning updating my Goodreads profile, and it turns out I've read more books this year than the years before.</div><div><br></div><div>In fact, I had to raise my goal from 20 to 30 books. Definitely the pandemic has helped, but also writing interviews and reviews for two magazines have provided me with enough assignments to never wanton for a read. </div><div><br></div><div>For the record, 11 of those books were not assignments.</div><div><img id="id_d08f_b42a_bec1_ebd7" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/0lO0n1PTOKWdpoS8ORVBNX4DQQgmJ-B8LYkUl1ZH-mFO56VjFvPMUAvl8-R9FoA" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 392px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_f788_acc3_7a81_e52f" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/fG3qtG7v5obwCMxp-zIyxW4FiSjbocssKGznEffYlwWQrPHg9m-g5mSJgc87pRU" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 392px; height: auto;"><br><br><img id="id_4b39_916c_ad35_aa4f" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/hxjM8Xz3nTEI2hZac1LMB8BHlWfW3GCM8jiyEzSowDjA8lk19yl2dEpiRV6joik" alt="" title="" tooltip="" style="width: 392px; height: auto;"><br><br><br></div></div><div></div> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483669051906447297.post-15667121238986937422020-11-09T20:39:00.001-06:002020-11-10T12:30:33.830-06:00Honduras needs your help today!<div>As you may know from the news, the Tropical Storm Eta broke havoc in Honduras.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'd really appreciate it if you would share or donate to this GoFundMe organized by the Rotary Club San Pedro Sula</div><div><br /></div><div>*Honduras necesita tu ayuda HOY!*</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Spanish was, and remains, my native language. The American Dream has reached outside North American borders, and I wanted to become a writer with a publisher in New York City. I figured all I had to do was write in English. A simple plan, right?<br />
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At nineteen, I was blessed with a job where I had to speak and write in English. Then there was the reading. Every early customer presented me with books. That’s when I discovered Robert Ludlum, Tom Clancy, Ken Follett and Clive Cussler. I got proficient, and people kept telling me I was good at speaking too. Match that praise with the desire to put ideas in writing and you have a recipe for publishing dreams.<br />
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I started my first novel in 1998 and made the rookie mistake of showing it to people who cared for me and didn’t want to break my heart. I can’t help but wonder if someone who disliked me would have helped me improve faster.<br />
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The very best thing I’ve done is investing in the Merriam-Webster and Oxford English dictionaries.<br />
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The second thing that helped me improve has been the support of native speakers willing to go through hell correcting the typos that would spring out of nowhere as they tried to navigate my stories.<br />
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I have writing friends who show me mistakes and help me make corrections. I will not claim I am master of the language, but one of those friends claims she can now concentrate more on plot or character development than grammar mistakes. And although the wars on Oxford comma and splitting infinitives still rage on, at least the difference between irony and coincidence is no longer a mystery to me.<br />
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The August edition of The Big Thrill is out and I contributed a piece about Preston & Child's new book Old Bones:<br />
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Up Close: Preston and Child by J. H. Bográn: <a href="http://bit.ly/2K5NNbk" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2K5NNbk </a><br />
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Also, I'm visiting New York City to participate in a panel at ThrillerFest<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483669051906447297.post-4441521419846003672019-06-02T14:34:00.000-06:002019-06-02T14:34:09.742-06:00The June edition of The Big ThrillFor the June edition of The Big Thrill, I had the opportunity to interview two people I admire:<br />
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I met D.P. Lyle in the hallways of ThrillerFest in 2010, so I jumped at the opportunity to talk to him about his newest book, Sunshine State, and how he intertwines thriller with humor.<br />
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Read it here:<br />
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The first novel I read from Steven Savile was Silver. It had been recommended to me by a then-mentor. I was enthralled with the tale, the scope. Then later I discovered he also wrote novels for two of my favorite TV serials, Doctor Who and Torchwood. It's not surprised that when he submitted his newest, White Peak, I made sure the editor knew I was interested, even when it meant a second assignment for the month. The things you do for the love of writing!<br />
There's also a catch, it turns out Steven novel was released under the alias of Ronan Frost.<br />
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Read it here:<br />
<a href="http://bit.ly/2I9aw49" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/2I9aw49 </a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483669051906447297.post-13431811063051494652019-05-04T12:14:00.001-06:002019-05-04T12:14:23.043-06:00May the Fourth be with you!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On May Fourth I was invited by the Centro Cultural Sampedrano to give a lecture on Star Wars.<br />
I took the opportunity to discuss the arc of the story on cinema's most iconic villain. I mean of course, Darth Vader, the Jedi formerly known as Anakin Skywalker.<br />
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A full path that led to redemption as envisioned by George Lucas.<br />
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I had a blast with the public because they had seen the movies, so no spoiler alert was necessary, and the discussion went into such mind-bugling details like "Why did Leia kiss her brother in Empire?" My response, beside the obvious that George dropped the ball there, was to point out that Leia was not kin on kissing her unknown brother, but rather to make Han Solo jealous.<br />
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May the Fourth be with you....and tomorrow, remember the revenge of the Fifth!<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1483669051906447297.post-4936253794550368692019-04-26T21:18:00.001-06:002019-04-27T18:44:44.915-06:00Is Avengers Endgame inadvertently promoting the Trump ideology?<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">If you
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The first I
noticed is the change of hands in the gauntlet holding the stones. Thanos wore
it on the left hand. After a successful Time Heist, the Avengers made their own
version of a gauntlet using, I assume because of the one-size-fits-all
property, that nano-technology was involved. The Avenger’s device was right
handed. Of course, the explanation can be as simple as saying Thanos was
left-handed while Iron Man was right-handed. However, you can’t miss the hidden
message that <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Avengers=right=good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The right
is good and left is evil is hardly a new concept. The word “sinister” comes
from Latin to mean <a href="https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/sinister">“left-handed.”</a>
For a while, people who were left-handed were considered un-lucky or even evil.
I’m sure we can find many a case of men or women punished for the sole crime of
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">So, given
the Russo Brothers’ penchant for detail, I can’t but otherwise think the
left-handed Thanos is evil in thinking wiping half the population of the
universe with the snap of a finger was an intentional allusion. Whereas Banner
and Stark’s use of the stones was to make things <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">right</i> again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">If that
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putting the team back together, Rocket and Bruce pay a visit to Thor and what’s
left from his people. They’ve settled in a small town, interact with the rest
of the world and are treated fairly. Never mind the majority of them look like Viking
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The problem
is when the dark-skinned Thanos comes from a sh*thole planet, and well, a big
battle ensues. Things didn’t turn out well for him, even Google is erasing him
out of existence if you click on the gauntlet. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Tell me
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<span lang="EN-US">Now, for the
record, I enjoyed the film and this is nothing but observations that were
perhaps too long to be included in the IMDB profile.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Have you
noticed this? Is there any other instance that supports this claim? </span>You can
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